The public is getting mad as hell about spam. There *will* be a solution
to this problem. If the IETF doesn't provide it, some politicians or
bureaucrats will. I may not understand all that is going on in the IETF,
but it sure looks like they dropped the ball. They have allowed the
standards effort to disintegrate into a bunch of programmers squabbling
over details that are not needed in a universal standard. If we continue
the present path, it may be years before there is a clear "victory" in the
battle between competing and incompatible standards.
I understand the details are important, but how much of what is in the
current proposals is really necessary for these different methods to work
together in the same transfer? Not much I suspect.
Surely the IETF can get together a few neutral experts who can listen to
advocates from all sides, and come up with a standard on just the few items
needed for *interoperability*. Then we can break the current logjam, and
all parties can do their own thing within the standard. More importantly,
we can tell ISPs, companies in the spam fighting business, and the public
"We have a standard. Get moving."
-- Dave
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